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Developers file lawsuit after Johnston seizes land through eminent domain

Updated at 5:11 p.m.

THE DEVELOPERS OF 31 acres of land are suing Johnston for seizing it via eminent domain. The Town Council voted 5-0 in favor of a plan to stop the proposed construction of a low-income housing development in favor of building a new public safety complex on the same spot. / COURTESY OF JOHNSTON

JOHNSTON – The family-owned developer whose 31 acres of undeveloped land was seized by the town is speaking out after filing a lawsuit against the Town Council, which recently voted unanimously to confiscate it through eminent domain. The Santoro family’s federal lawsuit, filed March 10 in U.S. District Court in Providence, claims that the town

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